The Parcours des Hauts de Charly is a 5 km circular trail with a stated duration of 1 hour and 40 minutes, connecting roads and paths through orchards. The Parcours de l’Étang de Virieux is a 3.2 km circular trail with a stated duration of 1 hour, leading through green spaces. The Parcours du Plateau is a 3.3 km trail with a stated duration of 1 hour and combines roads and paths.
Those choosing Charly as their place of stay may wish to rent a holiday apartment.
Trails and Nature
Charly has three family-friendly heritage trails for exploring notable public and private buildings, as well as rural and minor heritage sites. In addition, the municipality has three marked nature trails with explanatory panels for an educational exploration of its natural heritage.
The Parcours des Hauts de Charly offers walkers views of the Château de Charly. The Parcours de l’Étang de Virieux provides waterside relaxation beneath pollarded trees.
Culture and History
The Domaine Melchior Philibert dates back to the 14th century. The entire estate has been listed in the register of Monuments Historiques since 2003. It includes landscaped grounds with a park, a viewpoint, remains of French gardens, orchards, a kitchen garden, a pond and a small woodland.
At the Domaine Melchior Philibert, the Théâtre municipal Melchior stages a municipal cultural season every year, with performances, conferences, concerts and film screenings.
The Église de Charly is a Romanesque church dating from 1225, extended around 1555 with a Gothic choir. It features 19th-century wall paintings by Jean-Baptiste Frenet, as well as 20th-century stained-glass windows by Raphaël Lardeur and Robert.
Natural Environment
Together with Irigny, Vernaison, Saint-Genis-Laval and the Métropole de Lyon, Charly takes part in maintaining and enhancing the Plateau des Étangs, which is classified as an Espace Naturel Sensible and designated for its landscape, ecological, faunal, floral and agricultural richness.
Geographical Setting
Around Charly are the Artothèque de Saint-Priest, a museum, the Artothèque de Lyon Part-Dieu, a museum, and the Abbaye Saint-Pierre, a historic site.
In the wider region around Charly is the Château de Saint-André du Coing, a château. Also located there are Mont d’Or, Le Châtelard, Crêt Montmain and Mont Pothu Nord; all four are mountains.
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